Does anybody know about the silent buddha, I couldn't find much information on the silent buddha online

Why does one become a silent buddha instead of a buddha?

Also, is there a direct way of differencing a buddha from an arhat? At what degree of self realization done by self does it take to be a buddha instead of an arhat? How dependent does an enlightenment have to be, to be labeled as the enlightenment of an arhat instead of a buddha's?

Existence can be normal.Ex:a Apple tree is a apple treeEx:Michael is Michael, Michael is who Michael is

Existence can be conditioned. Ex: Apple tree is apple tree if apple tree growsEx: Michael is Michael if Michael is a kingEx: Michael is Michael if Michael is walkingEx: Michael is Michael if Michael is not walking

Existence can be unconditionedEx: Apple is apple tree once apple tree is grown for 50 weeksEx: Michael is Michael once Michael is a kingEx: Michael is content Michael once Michael is walkingEx: Michael is discontent Michael once Michael is walking.

My 'teacher' was a pratyekabuddha, they are silent in so far as they may or may not be involved in Buddhism or other spirituality. They do not teach in a recognisable way but may have other functions. Just because they do not teach does not mean that a 'transmission' does not occur. However it does not occur in the normal recognised way. They may be imparting a needed change in areas they are active in, without anyone being aware consciously of what is happening. It is in effect a silent or hidden transmission outside of formality or even recognition. The best that can be said is 'when the student is ready, the master will appear'.

Existence can be normal.Ex:a Apple tree is a apple treeEx:Michael is Michael, Michael is who Michael is

Existence can be conditioned. Ex: Apple tree is apple tree if apple tree growsEx: Michael is Michael if Michael is a kingEx: Michael is Michael if Michael is walkingEx: Michael is Michael if Michael is not walking

Existence can be unconditionedEx: Apple is apple tree once apple tree is grown for 50 weeksEx: Michael is Michael once Michael is a kingEx: Michael is content Michael once Michael is walkingEx: Michael is discontent Michael once Michael is walking.

Jinzang wrote:Yes, the same way an arhat does. By being awakened from nirvana by a fully enlightened buddha and then completing the path.

but a pratykekabuddha is self-enlightened?

Existence can be normal.Ex:a Apple tree is a apple treeEx:Michael is Michael, Michael is who Michael is

Existence can be conditioned. Ex: Apple tree is apple tree if apple tree growsEx: Michael is Michael if Michael is a kingEx: Michael is Michael if Michael is walkingEx: Michael is Michael if Michael is not walking

Existence can be unconditionedEx: Apple is apple tree once apple tree is grown for 50 weeksEx: Michael is Michael once Michael is a kingEx: Michael is content Michael once Michael is walkingEx: Michael is discontent Michael once Michael is walking.

"All memories and thoughts are the union of emptiness and knowing, the Mind.Without attachment, self-liberating, like a snake in a knot.Through the qualities of meditating in that way,Mental obscurations are purified and the dharmakaya is attained."

Existence can be normal.Ex:a Apple tree is a apple treeEx:Michael is Michael, Michael is who Michael is

Existence can be conditioned. Ex: Apple tree is apple tree if apple tree growsEx: Michael is Michael if Michael is a kingEx: Michael is Michael if Michael is walkingEx: Michael is Michael if Michael is not walking

Existence can be unconditionedEx: Apple is apple tree once apple tree is grown for 50 weeksEx: Michael is Michael once Michael is a kingEx: Michael is content Michael once Michael is walkingEx: Michael is discontent Michael once Michael is walking.

"All memories and thoughts are the union of emptiness and knowing, the Mind.Without attachment, self-liberating, like a snake in a knot.Through the qualities of meditating in that way,Mental obscurations are purified and the dharmakaya is attained."

The Illuminator Dictionary from Tony Duff has a really good excerpt on this:

"Pratyekabuddha", "solitary realizer" or "self-made buddha". The disciples of the Buddha who followed the teachings of the ཐེག་པ་དམན་པ་ Lesser Vehicle were of two kinds: Śhrāvakas and Pratyekabuddhas. The Śhrāvakas listened to the teaching and taught it to others, the Pratyekabuddhas having heard the teaching went off and obtained their realization in solitary practice. The term "pratyekabuddha" in Sanskrit comes from the two Sanskrit words "pratyeka" and "buddha" meaning that they "on their own" became "buddhas". This was translated completely accurately in Tibetan with རང་ and སངས་རྒྱས་ which were then combined into རང་སངས་རྒྱས་. The definition of the term as it was passed from India to Tibet is as follows. A Pratyekabuddha is explained as someone who without having an ongoing relationship with an āchārya (unlike the ཉན་ཐོས་ Śhrāvakas), manifested their རང་ own enlightenment through their own prajñā and hence were that type of སངས་རྒྱས་ buddha. This is captured well with the English "solitary realizer" or "self-made buddha". Another common term for རང་སངས་རྒྱས་ is རང་རྒྱལ་ "Solitary Conqueror"; sometimes the two are put together to be རང་སང་རྒྱས་རང་རྒྱལ་ "solitary realizer, solitary conqueror". There are two styles of behaviour amongst pratyekabuddhas: those who live in isolation and practice their path in a completely solitary way and those who do their practice while mixing with society:

In order to ensure my mind never comes under the power of the self-cherishing attitude,I must obtain control over my own mind. Therefore, amongst all empowerments, the empowerment that gives me control over my mind is the best,and I have received the most profound empowerment with this teaching.-Atisha Dipamkarabrtsal ba'i bkhra drin

There are two styles of behaviour amongst pratyekabuddhas: those who live in isolation and practice their path in a completely solitary way and those who do their practice while mixing with society:

Perhaps that is what is said but it is not my experience. There are many styles of behaviour, things are not so clear cut in reality. For example not all pratyekabuddhas espouse or practice exoteric Buddhist dharma. They have no need of a recognizable 'practice' as they are on the far shore and bodhicitta is part of their nature, whether they use the term, or most likely not. In essence practice and lifestyle are integrated but may not be clear in appearance because they may choose to hide their attainment. Again no mention or external manifestation of inner qualities may be apparent to most people.

In order to ensure my mind never comes under the power of the self-cherishing attitude,I must obtain control over my own mind. Therefore, amongst all empowerments, the empowerment that gives me control over my mind is the best,and I have received the most profound empowerment with this teaching.-Atisha Dipamkarabrtsal ba'i bkhra drin

"The two levels of Pratyekabuddha". There are two types of pratyekabuddha according to their approach to practice. 1) བསེ་རུ་ལྟ་བུ་ "rhinoceros-like"; and 2) ཚོགས་དང་སྤྱོད་པ་ "going in society". The rhinoceros-like pratyekabuddha is so-called because he abjures contact with all others, lives in solitude (like a rhinoceros), finds the path for himself, and practices it on his own until attaining realization. The other one "going in society" is one who finds his own path to realization but does so without cutting himself off from others, still mixing with society.

In order to ensure my mind never comes under the power of the self-cherishing attitude,I must obtain control over my own mind. Therefore, amongst all empowerments, the empowerment that gives me control over my mind is the best,and I have received the most profound empowerment with this teaching.-Atisha Dipamkarabrtsal ba'i bkhra drin